The ISA has initiated formal regional planning for the Mid-Atlantic Basin, which makes consideration of features of cultural significance in this region timely. The cultural significance of the Middle Passage, the scope of current actions to memorialize the Middle Passage, and the duty set out to...
The significance and implications of this volume are threefold. First, it provides historical nuance and brings past under- standings of hospitality to the often naïve claims about its universal and ethical potential, and about its inherently beneficial character promoted by some disciplines (...
Howell (Citation2006, 123) alludes to the significance of state responses in the “war on terror” through highlighting how they encompass “first, a mobilising discourse, used by global and national leaders in pursuit of military and political objectives; second, the expression of a polarising ...
The authors raise two questions which have theoretical and practical significance: 1) do we have the necessary knowledge for it to become societys main resource? 2) to what extent those professional groups which are necessary and able to create and use this knowledge are formed?OSCAR HOFFMAN...
Christians believe that God is present in all parts of the world; nonetheless, some specific locations have special significance for believers. Some sites house meaningful relics, while others hold important historical value. Others still present great beauty to pilgrims and worshipers. The most sacr...
“true self” (e.g. showing heart), which are inscribed with moral significance, trump other considerations.Footnote22As Shana, the 32-year-old medical student notes, the most important thing about fighting “is about getting in there and giving it your all under whatever circumstances you ...
historical period. For the most extreme climate change scenario and towards the end of the twenty-first century, the subtropical highs are projected to migrate poleward by 1.5°, consistent with the projected expansion of the Hadley Cells, with a weakening of the tropical easterly jet in the ...
historical period. For the most extreme climate change scenario and towards the end of the twenty-first century, the subtropical highs are projected to migrate poleward by 1.5°, consistent with the projected expansion of the Hadley Cells, with a weakening of the tropical easterly jet in the ...
Indeed, the impact and significance of some of the trends and processes identified extend to the hinterland of the continent. The Black Sea area together with Cyprus and the European part of Turkey deserve specialist consideration beyond the imme- diate scope of the present work and are not ...
32The significance of using money at this time was more a matter of qualityrather than quantity. That is to say, because coined money was relatively rareand not the default way to settle obligations, the choice of when to use cash car-ried greater weight. It signified something real and ...